Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 04:38:40PM +0100, Senad Jordanovic wrote: >> Any opinions/comments/recommendations? Before anyone recommends just >>> buying the virtual PBX service from someone else, we _really_ want >>> to do this in-house :) >> >> I am all for using VPS (virtual private servers) instead of the >> "classic" multitenant. >> >> Here are some reasons: >> >> - a VPS provides a Linux environment to each client. This is a big >> plus for some clients knowing they are not "boxed" >> >> - Any custom development, new features can be easily applied to >> individual clients VPSes without destroying/affecting other clients. >> Remember, these clients must have their phone lines up in order to >> trade :) >> >> - Firmware updates, bug fixes failures etc, will not affect other >> tenants. > > But have to be tested and applied separately to each one => more work.
Since this is custom development for client... Client is happy to pay for it... Next.. > >> >> - I can move clients VPS to another server, another data centre >> across the world if necessary with a couple commands. >> > >> - One can allocate specific resources to each tenant. This is very >> important for call centres for example. > > Allocating resources means that the global pool, which is normally > not used, can't easily be shared. This can be a pain. Deviding the > memory of a 2GB server between 8 tenants gives you 8 258MB servers. True, but done corectly it is huge benefit/saving. Just the fact that virtual machines/VPS technologies is now supported in kernels of many operating systems tells A LOT... Senad _______________________________________________ Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
